Water Cycle
Water falls from the sky in the form of rain, snow, hail or sleet.
What is precipitation?
A number that represents part of a whole.
What is a fraction?
Anything that has weight and takes up space. The stuff things are made of, from the air we breathe, the water we drink and even our own bodies.
What is matter?
This type of writing states a claim and gives the writer's view on a topic. It persuades readers to think or feel a certain way or calls them to take some action.
What is Opinion Writing?
The repetition of the first letter (or sound) of each word in a sentence, phrase or poem. Example: Voracious volcanoes vibrated the valley very violently.
What is alliteration?
There are four main stages in the water cycle.
What are evaporation, condensation, precipitation and collection?
This number tells how many equal parts the whole has been broken into.
What is a denominator?
All matter is made up of these tiny particles.
What are atoms?
This writing intends to convince readers to believe in an idea or opinion and to do an action. This type of writing includes criticisms, reviews, reaction papers, editorials, proposals, advertisements and brochures using different ways to influence readers.
What is Persuasive Writing?
A figure of speech that includes an exaggeration which couldn't possibly happen in real life.
What is hyperbole?
This is when warmth from the sun causes water from oceans, lakes, streams, ice and soils to rise into the air and turn into water vapour (gas).
What is evaporation?
This number tells how many parts the fraction represents.
What is a numerator?
Matter is found in three states.
What are solid, liquid and gas.
This type of writing is content that purports in good faith to represent truth and accuracy regarding information, events, or people. The content may be presented either objectively or subjectively, and may sometimes take the form of a story.
What is Nonfiction Writing?
Expressions that mean something different than the words in the phrase might indicate. These expressions mean different things and cannot be understood by looking in a dictionary.
What is an idiom?
This is when water vapour in the air cools down and turns back into liquid water.
What is condensation?
The three types of fractions.
What are Proper, Improper and Mixed fractions?
This state of matter has a definite shape that is not easy to change.
What are solids?
Groups of sentences that share a common idea. They are all written about a certain topic, often includes examples or evidence to support a topic, idea, or opinion.
What are paragraphs?
Word or words that originate from a sound.
What is onomatopoeia?
This is when water that falls from the clouds as rain, snow, hail or sleet, collects in the oceans, rivers, lakes, streams. Most will infiltrate (soak into) the ground and will collect as underground water.
What is collection?
These fractions have the same value, even though they may look different.
What are Equivalent Fractions?
This type of matter flows to fill the space around them.
What are liquids?
General overview of what the paragraph will cover, and usually placed at the start of the paragraph. It introduces an idea, topic, or opinion that will be explained throughout the rest of the paragraph.
What is a topic sentence?
The act of giving human traits, qualities, or actions to objects, concepts, or animals.
What is personification?